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A Master Class in Adoption - Part 2 - Maris Blechner, MEd, MSW, LCSW
Here's part 2 of my conversation with Maris Blechner. If you haven't listened to part 1 yet, hit pause and go back and listen to the first part of our conversation. In this conversation we dig deeper into the adoption experience, about the impact on the child and the family and the things adoptive parents can do to support this important and life changing transition.
Maris Blechner is an adoptive and birth parent, a licensed clinical social worker and educator, and an internationally respected trainer and speaker who has spent the last thirty-nine years working for the improvement of the lives of children in the child welfare system. One of the founders of the parent-led multi-service adoption agency that she directed for twenty-six years, Maris relates proudly that she comes from the citizen-activist child-advocacy community and brings that neighborhood and personal family experience to her professional work. These days she has enjoyed mentoring, doing specialized consulting and training, and teaching at her own school, the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College. She has been featured as a storyteller (about adoption) on the Moth Radio Hour, on NPR and podcasts, and even on the BBC, and has a chapter in It’s Not About You: Understanding Adoptee Search, Reunion & Open Adoption, 2016.The NYS Adoptive Parents Committee: www.adoptiveparents.org.
To learn more about adoption, please check out the following links:
- Adoption and Foster Family Care of New York: https://affcny.org
- The North American Council on Adoptable Children: https://nacac.org
- Family Focus Adoption Services: familyfocusadoption.org
- Adoption Learning Partners:
Resources Maris mentioned in the episode:
- HOLT International
- The Primal Wound
- Maris Blechner (the MOTH appearance)
Do you know someone who has a story to tell? Someone who is giving back to their community? Working to make our world a better place? Send an email to [email protected]. Nominate them for a future episode of From Sparks to Light.
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To learn more about Suzanne, visit her website.
To learn more about the inspiration for this podcast, please check out Suzanne's memoir, Estrellas - Moments of Illumination Along El Camino de Santiago
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By Suzanne MaggioHere's part 2 of my conversation with Maris Blechner. If you haven't listened to part 1 yet, hit pause and go back and listen to the first part of our conversation. In this conversation we dig deeper into the adoption experience, about the impact on the child and the family and the things adoptive parents can do to support this important and life changing transition.
Maris Blechner is an adoptive and birth parent, a licensed clinical social worker and educator, and an internationally respected trainer and speaker who has spent the last thirty-nine years working for the improvement of the lives of children in the child welfare system. One of the founders of the parent-led multi-service adoption agency that she directed for twenty-six years, Maris relates proudly that she comes from the citizen-activist child-advocacy community and brings that neighborhood and personal family experience to her professional work. These days she has enjoyed mentoring, doing specialized consulting and training, and teaching at her own school, the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College. She has been featured as a storyteller (about adoption) on the Moth Radio Hour, on NPR and podcasts, and even on the BBC, and has a chapter in It’s Not About You: Understanding Adoptee Search, Reunion & Open Adoption, 2016.The NYS Adoptive Parents Committee: www.adoptiveparents.org.
To learn more about adoption, please check out the following links:
- Adoption and Foster Family Care of New York: https://affcny.org
- The North American Council on Adoptable Children: https://nacac.org
- Family Focus Adoption Services: familyfocusadoption.org
- Adoption Learning Partners:
Resources Maris mentioned in the episode:
- HOLT International
- The Primal Wound
- Maris Blechner (the MOTH appearance)
Do you know someone who has a story to tell? Someone who is giving back to their community? Working to make our world a better place? Send an email to [email protected]. Nominate them for a future episode of From Sparks to Light.
To learn more about Robert Maggio, the composer of "Where Love is Love," our theme music, please check out his website.
To learn more about Suzanne, visit her website.
To learn more about the inspiration for this podcast, please check out Suzanne's memoir, Estrellas - Moments of Illumination Along El Camino de Santiago
Follow Suzanne on Social Media
- Instagram @suzannemaggio_author
- Facebook @ Suzanne Maggio author
- Threads @suzannemaggio_author